A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



by a son William, 35 and a grandson Adam,* 6 de- 

 scribed as ' lord of Whittingham.' " This was 

 probably the Adam Whittingham who accompanied 

 Henry V to France and died at the siege of 

 Harfleur in 141 5 37a The next in possession was 

 a William Whittingham, probably son or brother 

 oi" Adam 35 ; he died in 1437 holding the manor 

 of Whittingham of Sir Richard Hoghton by 

 knight's service and a payment of j^d. yearly ; also 

 holding messuages and land in Ashley of the same 

 Sir Richard by knight's service and ~]d. John his 

 son and heir was five years of age. 39 



John Whittingham * was about I 500 succeeded by 

 his son Thomas, 41 who married Joan daughter of 

 John Singleton of Withgill," and had a son Roger,' 3 

 who came to a violent end about 1521. Thomas 

 died in 1530 ** holding various messuages and land in 

 Whittingham of the king as of his duchy by the 

 thirtieth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 7\J. ; 

 his son Roger had left a son Richard, who was the 

 heir, being then ten years old.* 6 Richard died 

 in or before 1552 holding similarly and leaving a son 

 Thomas, ten years old. 46 Thomas in or before 1566 



married Bridget sister and co-heir of Richard Browne 

 of Ribbleton." A pedigree was recorded in the 

 following year.* 8 



Like his neighbours, Thomas Whittingham was 

 hostile to the change of religion made by Elizabeth, 

 but on being summoned before 

 the Bishop of Chester about 

 1577, as a person suspected, 

 he affirmed that he went to 

 church and was conformable.* 9 

 The conformity may have 

 been external merely, for two 

 of his grandsons became Jesuits, 

 one of them being a prisoner 

 in Newgate for some years. 40 

 Thomas was living in 1590," 

 but before 1600 had been 

 succeeded by his son Richard," 

 who died in 1611 holding 

 lands in Whittingham, Ashley 



and Comberhalgh of the king by the twentieth part 

 of a knight's fee. His son Thomas, twenty-five years 

 old, 13 followed and held possession M all through the 



WHITTINGHAM of 

 Whittingham. Ardent 

 a fcsse axure t over all a 

 lion rampant gules. 



time Adam made a grant of land in 

 Ashley clough and Eves clough to hi 

 brother Roger ; DD, no. 1781. 



Adam de Whittingham in 1352 gave 

 land to Vale Royal Abbey for a tithe 

 barn ; ibid. no. 1862. 



** In 1364. Adam son of Willam de 

 Whittingham gave certain lands in Ashley 

 to his son William, with remainders to 

 John and Thomas, other sons of the 

 grantor, and then to Robert son of Roger 

 dc Whittingham ; ibid. no. 1836. 



Adam must have died soon afterwards, 

 for in 1369 William de Whittingham and 

 Maud his wife made a settlement of the 

 manor of Whittingham, the remainders 

 in default being to John and Thomas, 

 brothers of William, to Robert de 

 Whittingham and to Cecily and Aline 

 daughters of William ; ibid. no. 1828-7. 

 Maud was a widow in 13845 ; no. 

 1812, 1874-5. 



In 1377-8 John de Whittingham, 

 probably the brother of William, received 

 certain land from the trustee ; Add. MS. 

 32107, no. 1050. 



36 Maud widow of William de Whitting- 

 ham, Adam his son and William son of 

 Thomas de Singleton in 1383 agreed to 

 sell to Richard de Hoghton the wardship 

 and marriage of John son and heir of 

 Robert dc Singleton ; Add. MS. 32106, 

 no. 339. 



Adam de Whittingham attested charters 

 in 1390-1 ; DD, no. 1877, 1880. In 

 13945 Maud the widow of William de 

 Whittingham and William de Singleton 

 the elder made a feoffment of the manor 

 of Whittingham, and then Maud and 

 Adam de Whittingham contracted that 

 Adam should marry Alice sister of 

 Edmund Skillicorne ; no. 1830, 1872. 

 In 1398-9 Adam de Whittingham and 

 Alice his wife received the manor of 

 Whittingham from the trustees ; no. 

 1829. 



37 Adam de Whittingham, lord of the 

 same, granted to Thomas Browne, Robert 

 de Bispham and John Browning turbary 

 and pasture in respect of a tenement 

 formerly William de Cottam's ; DD, no. 

 1863. From another deed (no. 1811) it 

 appears that Thomas Browne, chaplain, 

 vas son of Maud Ward, daughter and 

 heir of William Cottam. 



a * Exchequer K.. R. Accts. bdle. 46, 

 no. 17. 



38 There does not seem to be any 

 evidence on this point, except the un- 

 trustworthy pedigree of 1567. 



39 DD, no. 1474 ; Def. Kaper'i Rep. 

 xxxiii, App. 37. Elizabeth widow of 

 William Whittingham soon afterwards 

 leased her lands in Whittingham, Goos- 

 nargh and Comberhalgh to Sir Richard 

 Hoghton for sixteen years ; Add. MS. 

 32106, no. 875. John Whittingham in 

 1467 gave to trustees lands of Elizabeth 

 his mother; DD, no. 1857. She was 

 living in 1476, being then widow of 

 Peter Radcliffe ; Kuerden fol. MS. 357. 



40 In 1456-7 John son and heir of 

 William Whittingham married Elizabeth 

 daughter of John Boteler of Kirlcland ; 

 DD, no. 1790, 1824, 1858. In 1483 

 he released to feoffees lands in Ashley 

 croft ; ibid. no. 1821. 



41 In deeds of 1498-1500 Thomas is 

 called son and heir-apparent of John 

 Whittingham; ibid.no. 1785, 1796. 



42 Lands in Whittingham were in 

 1477 settled for life on Joan on her 

 marriage with Thomas; ibid, no. 1867, 

 1789. 



43 Roger first married Agnes Brock- 

 holes, but they were divorced in 1513 ; 

 ibid. no. 1868. His next wife was named 

 Isabel ; she made complaints against 

 several in 1521 for complicity in the 

 death of her husband ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 131, m. I5d. ; Fishwick, Goos- 

 nargh, 1 86. She afterwards married James 

 Lambr-L and in 1544 made complaint as 

 to Her dower ; DD, no. 1801. 



* In 1523-4 he made a feoffment of 

 all pis lands ; DD, no. 1912. This was 

 proHhbly on account of his son's death, 



45 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 

 19.' Some of the deeds above quoted are 

 recited. It appears that Agnes Brock- 

 holes was daughter of Ellen the widow of 

 Roger Brockholes. 



Christopher Standish bought from the 

 king the marriage of Richard Whitting- 

 ham, next of kin and heir of Thomas 

 Whittingham deceased, and sold it to 

 William Singleton, who in 1531-2 made 

 a grant of certain lands in Ashley ; 

 Kucrdeu fol. MS. 383. 



Richard Whittingham in 1550 made a 



2IO 



settlement of his manor of Whittin^ham, 

 &C-, and made provision for his (younger) 

 son Richard; DD, no. 1833, 1859. 

 About the same time he complained of 

 various trespasses on the waste of the 

 manor ; Ducatui Lane, i, 247, 261, 273. 



48 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 15. 

 In 1553 the king granted the third part 

 of the manor of Whittingham, together 

 with the wardship and marriage of 

 Thomas the heir, to William Waring ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii, Sid. 



47 DD, no. 1843. A settlement of the 

 manor of Whittingham and various lands 

 was made by Thomas and Bridget in 

 1585 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 47, 

 m. 42. 



48 Visit, of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 50. 



49 Gibson, LyJiate Hall, 215, quoting 

 S. P. Dom. Eliz. cxviii, 49. 



50 Paul Whittingham, born at Whit- 

 tingham, entered the English College at 

 Rome in 1606, aged seventeen. He had 

 made his first studies at Goosnar t h, 

 Chipping and Whalley, and then went to 

 Douay. [1605 'a poor Englishman' ; 

 Diarie*, 286.] His parents and relatives on 

 both sides were of the upper class of society, 

 and he had two brothers. ' He died most 

 piously in the college, n July 1611, 

 having been first admitted to the Society ' ; 

 Foley, Rec. S.J. vi, 238. 



His younger brother William was ad- 

 mitted to the same college in 1607, and 

 became 'dear to all for his remarkable 

 virtues and candour of soul.' He had 

 made his early studies at Pocklington and 

 Whalley and then went to Douay. [1606 

 *a poor Englishman'; Diaries, 286.] 

 He entered the Society of Jesus in 1611 

 and was sent on the London mission 

 in 1620, taking the alias of Rediate. 

 He was killed in the accident at Black- 

 friars, 26 Oct. 1623 ; Foley, op. cit. i, 

 85 ; vi, 247. 



61 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), iv, 177. 



51 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i, 232. 



* Lanes. Intj. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 195. 



54 Thomas Whittingham and Margaret 

 his wife in 1633-4. made a settlement of 

 the manor, with lands, dovecote, &c., in 

 Whittingham and Ashley ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 122, no. 42. 



